Concert Program - Harvard University Department of Music

ALICE PARKER AND JOYFUL NOISE RESIDENCY
BOUNDLESS REALMS
of
JOY
Concert:
THE HARVARD-RADCLIFFE COLLEGIUM MUSICUM
Joseph Fort, Conductor
JOYFUL NOISE
Allison Fromm, Conductor
BRATTLE STREET CHAMBER PLAYERS
Friday, April 11 | 8:00 P.M. | Sanders Theatre
Symposium:
BEYOND THE CONCERT HALL
Exploring the Neurological, Therapeutic, and Social Benefits of
Community Singing
Saturday, April 12 | 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. | Lowell Lecture Hall
“An artist can take his personal sadness or his fear or his anger or his joy and
crystallize it, giving it a life of its own. Thus he is released from his emotion, as
others cannot be. The arts offer the opportunity to do something that cannot be
done anywhere else. It is the only place one can express in public the feelings
ordinarily regarded as private. It is the place where a man or a woman can be
completely honest, where we can say whatever is in our hearts or minds, where
we never need to hide from ourselves or from others.”
-Aaron Copland
On behalf of the Department of Music and the Holden Choruses, we welcome you to our
concert and symposium this weekend exploring the role of choral music in our society. This
celebration begins with George Frideric Handel’s Chandos Anthem #9, performed by the
Collegium Musicum and the Brattle Street Chamber Players with conductor Joseph Fort.
With characteristic Handelian flair, the chorus implores: “with cheerful notes let all the earth
to heaven their voices raise” with “boundless realms of joy.” This declares our raison d’être
for these events and our hopes for your experience with us this weekend.
We welcome the remarkable New Jersey-based ensemble Joyful Noise, a chorus of adults
with neurological challenges. The group, founded and conducted by Allison Fromm, has
recently appeared at several important professional conferences and inspired the creation of
similar ensembles around the country. Our students visited Joyful Noise in February for a
day that can only be described as transformational. In visiting and singing with the members
of Joyful Noise, we learned a great deal from these singers as they shared the richness and
honesty of their emotions with us.
We are also honored to welcome composer, conductor, and educator Alice Parker, an iconic
and treasured leader in American choral music. As a frequent collaborator with Joyful Noise,
Ms. Parker will conduct the ensemble and our students in several combined pieces, including
her own compositions, and lead us in song during the performance and the symposium.
Our Saturday symposium features distinguished musicians, researchers, and disability
advocates presenting on recent research in music and neuroscience, the impact of music on
our health, and experiences in community building through the arts. The members of Joyful
Noise themselves will lead a demonstration and discussion that will no doubt inspire and
remind us why we engage in the endeavor of choral music.
We hope you enjoy these events and we look forward to our journey of discovery together
this weekend.
Andrew Clark
Director of Choral Activities, Harvard University
Symposium: Beyond the Concert Hall
Saturday, April 12, 2014 | Lowell Lecture Hall
with singing interludes led by Alice Parker & Joyful Noise
Session 1: Choral Connections: Singing, Self-Expression, and the Human Experience
9:00 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.
Stacy Horn & John Maclay, Joyful Noise, Allison Fromm, Sara Pyszka, presenters
Why do people sing? Using both personal and historical examples, and with a brief glimpse at the
science of singing, Stacy Horn (choral singer and author of Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing
With Others) will talk about what brings people together in song, and what keeps them together. Music
director John Maclay will draw on his years of experience leading a major volunteer chorus in New York
City to discuss the chorus as community as well as the chorus in community.
With passionate singing, Joyful Noise demonstrates music’s power to focus the mind, enhance
communication, build self-esteem, and foster wellness in the lives of individuals with cognitive
disabilities. Director Allison Fromm, family members, and singers themselves will share ways in which
singing unlocks expressive capabilities in individuals with autism, blindness, cerebral palsy, Down
syndrome, epilepsy, Tourette syndrome, traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s, and other neurological
challenges. Interpreting “what our feelings sound like,” Joyful Noise’s unmatched exuberance and love
of song will connect singers and audience as one community.
Session 2: Recent Developments in Music and Science
1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
Jennifer Zuk, Harvard University, moderator
Nadine Gaab, Harvard Medical School; Lisa Wong, Harvard Medical School; Kathleen
Howland, Boston Conservatory, presenters
This session will describe the recent evidence for the benefits of music on development and disability
from the perspectives of medicine, cognitive neuroscience research, and music therapy. Specialists will
bridge the evidence across these disciplines in a panel discussion of the significant developments in
research and clinical practice.
Session 3: Music of Difference
2:45 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Catherine Branch & Robert Bradshaw, presenters
Music of Difference founder Catherine Branch and Composer-in-Residence Robert J. Bradshaw will
present an interactive concert experience exploring music as a vehicle for social change. We will perform
and share excerpts of works at the core of the Music of Difference project, which aims to transform
the concert environment into a venue for conversations about disability. During this presentation we
will demonstrate how Catherine’s unconventional gait has been transformed into musical rhythm and
share excerpts from a piece that addresses how stereotypes impact individuals’ lives and outcomes.
Additionally, we will talk about the future of Music of Difference and share excerpts from the project’s
most current work, a piece that utilizes instrumentalists, narrators, and electroacoustic sounds to help
us reflect on the power of words and language.
Concert Program
Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum
O Praise the Lord with One Consent, HWV 254
George Frideric Handel
1. Chorus - O praise the Lord with one consent
2. Air (Alto) - Praise him, all ye that in his house attend
Madeline Studt, soloist
3. Air (Tenor) - For this our truest int’rest is glad hymns of praise to sing
Andrew Hausmann, soloist
4. Air (Bass) - That God is great, we often have by glad experience found
Connor Harris, soloist
5. Chorus - With cheerful notes let all the earth to heaven their voices raise.
6. Air (Soprano) - God’s tender mercy knows no bounds
Lauren Goff, soloist
7. Chorus - Ye boundless realms of joy, exalt your Maker’s fame
Joseph Fort, conductor
Brattle Street Chamber Players, orchestra
I’m Goin’ to Sing
Spiritual
arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
Wayfaring Stranger
Tamsin Jones, soloist
Traditional Hymn
arr. Alice Parker
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
Alexandra Grimm, soloist
Traditional Hymn
arr. Alice Parker
Alice Parker, conductor
-Intermission-
Joyful Noise
Do-Re-Mi
Richard Rogers and
Oscar Hammerstein II
Jessica Herman & Jodi Kurtzman, soloists
Make a Joyful Noise
Mark Columbini, soloist
Elliott Z. Levine
There’s Honey in the Rock
Kevin Jackson, Sathya Prabhakar, & Todd Emmons, soloists
Java Jive
Sathya Prabhakar, soloist
Somewhere
Jessica Herman, soloist
Do You Understand?
Spiritual
Milton Drake and
Ben Oakland
Leonard Bernstein
Rob Kennan
Allison Fromm, conductor
Cathy Sonnenberg, pianist
Combined Choirs
Joyful Gifts
Traditional Shaker Hymn
arr. Alice Parker
All the Stars in the Sky
Alice Parker
My Life Flows on in Endless Song
Traditional Hymn
arr. Alice Parker
Vive l’Amour
David Hutt, Elizabeth Nolan,
& Lisa Fay, soloists
Traditional
adapted by Nick Page
Hear My Music
Samuel G. Ruchman, `15
Lyrics by Sara Pyszka
What a Wonderful World
Kevin Jackson, soloist
Bob Thiele and George David Weiss
You Have a Heart
Todd Emmons, soloist
Nick Page
O praise the Lord with one consent, HWV 254
Texts
1. Chorus
O praise the Lord with one consent
And magnify his name.
Let all the servants of the Lord
His worthy praise proclaim.
5. Chorus
With cheerful notes let all the earth
To heaven their voices raise.
Let all inspir’d with godly mirth
Sing solemn hymns with praise.
2. Air (Alto)
Praise him, all ye that in his house
Attend with constant care
With those that to his utmost courts
With humble zeal repair.
6. Air (Soprano)
God’s tender mercy knows no bounds,
His truth shall ne’er decay.
Then let the willing nations round
Their grateful tribute pay.
3. Air (Tenor)
For this our truest int’rest is
Glad hymns of praise to sing
And with loud songs to bless his name,
A most delightful thing.
7. Chorus
Ye boundless realms of joy,
Exalt your Maker’s fame.
His praise your song employ
Above the starry frame.
4. Air (Bass)
That God is great, we often have
By glad experience found
And seen how he, with wond’rous pow’r,
Above all gods is crown’d.
Your voices raise, ye Cherubim and Seraphim,
To sing his praise, Alleluia.
I’m Goin’ to Sing
I’m goin’ to sing when the spirit says: Sing!
I’m goin’ to sing when the spirit says: Sing!
I’m goin’ to sing when the spirit says: Sing!
And obey the spirit of the Lord.
I’m goin’ to pray when the spirit says: Pray!
I’m goin’ to pray when the spirit says: Pray!
I’m goin’ to pray when the spirit says: Pray!
And obey the spirit of the Lord.
I’m goin’ to shout when the spirit says: Shout!
I’m goin’ to shout when the spirit says: Shout!
I’m goin’ to shout when the spirit says: Shout!
And obey the spirit of the Lord.
Wayfaring Stranger
I’m just a poor wayfaring stranger
A-trav’lin’ thro’ this world of woe,
And there’s no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go.
I’m going there to see my Father,
I’m going there no more to roam;
I’m just a-goin’ over Jordan,
I’m just a-going over home.
I know dark clouds will gather o’er me,
I know my way is rough and steep;
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me
Where souls redeemed their vigils keep.
I’m going there to see my Mother,
She said she’d meet me when I come;
I’m just a-goin’ over Jordan,
I’m just a-going home.
I want to wear a crown of glory,
When I get home to that bright land;
I want to shout salvation’s story
In concert with that heav’nly band.
I’m goin’ there to see my Saviour,
To sing his praise for evermore;
I’m only goin’ over Jordan,
Only goin’ home.
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
Hark, I hear the Harps eternal
Ringing on the farther shore,
As I near those swollen waters,
With their deep and solemn roar.
And my soul, tho’ stain’d with sorrow,
Fading as the light of day,
Passes swiftly o’er those waters,
To the city far away.
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Hallelujah, praise the Lamb!
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Glory to the great I AM!
Souls have crossed before me, saintly,
To that land of perfect rest;
And I hear them singing faintly,
In the mansions of the blest.
Do-Re-Mi
Let’s start at the very beginning,
A very good place to start,
When you read you begin with A B C
When you sing you begin with Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi, Do Re Mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do Re Mi, Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti
Doe, a deer, a female deer,
Ray, a drop of golden sun,
Me, a name I call myself,
Far, a long long way to run,
Sew, a needle pulling thread,
La, a note to follow Sew,
Tea, a drink with jam and bread,
That will bring us back to Do.
-Oscar Hammerstein II (from The Sound of Music)
Make a Joyful Noise
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands! (x2)
Mandate grida di gioia al Signore, abitanti di tutta
la terra!
Hühyen yubel teel Herén alla länder! (x2)
There’s Honey in the Rock
Refrain:
There’s honey in the rock, for all God’s children,
Honey in the rock, honey in the rock.
There’s honey in the rock, for all God’s children,
Feed every child of God.
One of these mornin’s bright and fair,
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
Gonna take my flight in the middle of the air.
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
We can have justice if we care.
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
Right is right, and fair is fair
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
One of these nights about twelve o’clock,
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
This whole world’s going to reel and rock.
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
Heart to heart, and hand to hand,
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
Together we’ll push to the promised land.
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
If we’re gonna be fair, we gotta open the door.
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
We gotta house the homeless and feed the poor.
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
When I’m happy, I’ll shout and sing.
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
And make the heavenly spirit ring.
Feed ev’ry child of God.
If the chains hold us down, we gotta break the lock
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
Then we’ll taste sweet honey in the rock.
(Feed ev’ry child of God.)
Java Jive
I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the Java Jive, and it loves me.
Coffee and tea and the jivin’ and me,
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!
Boston bean, soy bean,
Lima bean, string bean.
I’m not keen for a bean
Unless it is a cheery coffee bean.
I love java, sweet and hot.
Whoops Mr. Moto, I’m a coffee pot.
Shoot me the pot and I’ll pour me a shot,
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!
I love java sweet and hot.
Whoops Mr. Moto I’m a coffee pot.
Shoot me the pot and I’ll pour me a shot,
A cup, a cup, a cup!
Oh slip me a slug from the wonderful mug
And I’ll cut a rug till I’m snug in the jug
A slice of onion and a raw one
Draw one Waiter, waiter, percolator
Slip me a slug of the wonderful mug,
And I’ll cut a rug just as snug in a jug.
Drop me a nickel in my pot Joe
Takin’ it slow
Waiter, waiter, percolator
I love coffee, I love tea
I love the Java Jive and it loves me.
Coffee and tea and the jivin’ and me,
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup
I love coffee, I love tea,
I love the Java Jive, and it loves me.
Coffee and tea and the jivin’ and me,
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!
-Milton Drake
Somewhere
There’s a place for us,
Somewhere a place for us.
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us
Somewhere.
There’s a time for us,
Some day a time for us,
Time together with time spare,
Time to learn, time to care,
Some day!
Somewhere.
We’ll find a new way of living,
We’ll find a way of forgiving
Somewhere.
There’s a place for us,
A time and place for us.
Hold my hand and we’re halfway there.
Hold my hand and I’ll take you there
Somehow, some day, somewhere!
-Stephen Sondheim (from West Side Story)
Do You Understand?
Sometimes I’m happy,
Sometimes I’m blue,
Sometimes I’m angry,
and I’m so mean!
But there are good days,
When I’m with you.
Do you know what I mean?
The times that I am angry or downhearted
Are times when I am likely not with you.
And times when I am happy and excited
Will keep me from singing the blues.
I’m excited! I’m excited
About being here today.
I’m excited! I’m excited
About being here with you.
I’m so happy!
And if you don’t throw your trash in my backyard,
I’ll stay happy!
Joyful Gifts
‘Tis the gift to be joyful, ‘tis the gift to be free
‘Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
Hop up, and jump up, whirl ‘round, whirl ‘round, Gather love, here it is all around, all around, Here is love flowing ‘round, as you whirl around, Reach up and reach down, here it is all around.
When true joyfulness is gained,
To bow and to bend we shan’t be ashamed,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come ‘round right.
All the Stars in the Sky
All the stars in the sky,
All the waves in the sea,
All the voices of the wind
Are sleeping, are dreaming.
All the lovers in the world,
All the children in the town,
All the babies in this room
Are sleeping, are dreaming.
All the flowers in the field,
All the shadows in the wood,
All the insects in the ground
Are sleeping, are dreaming.
My life flows on in endless song
My life flows on in endless song Above earth’s lamentation; I hear the real tho’ far-off hymn That hails a new creation.
What tho’ the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth; it liveth!
What though the darkness round me close,
Songs in the night it giveth.
Thro’ all the tumult and the strife, I hear that music ringing; It sounds an echo in my soul;
How can I keep from singing?
No storm can shake my inmost calm When to that rock I’m clinging.
Since Love is Lord of heav’n and earth How can I keep from singing?
Vive l’Amour
Let ev’ry good person, now join in the song, (Vive la compagnie!)
Success to each other, and pass it along, (Vive la compagnie!)
Refrain:
Vive la, vive la, Vive l’amour!
Vive la, vive la, Vive l’amour! Vive l’amour, vive l’amour, Vive la compagnie!
A friend on your left, and a friend on your right, (Vive la compagnie!)
In love and good fellowship, let us unite,
(Vive la compagnie!)
Now wider and wider, our circle expands, (Vive la compagnie!)
We sing to our comrades, in far away lands. (Vive la compagnie!)
What a Wonderful World
I see trees of green,
Red roses too.
I see them bloom,
For me and you.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue,
And clouds of white.
The bright blessed day,
The dark sacred night.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow,
So pretty in the sky.
Are also on the faces,
Of people going by,
I see friends shaking hands.
Saying, “How do you do?”
They’re really saying,
“I love you”.
I hear babies cry,
I watch them grow,
They’ll learn much more,
Than I’ll ever know.
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
Yes, I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
-Bob Thiele and George David Weiss
Hear My Music
I have a beginning
I have an end
If you see me carefully
I can be your friend
I can make you laugh
Even make you cry
To know who I really am
All you have to do is try
So read my book
Sing my song
Just hear my music
And dance along
-Sara Pyszka
You Have a Heart
Refrain:
You have a heart.
Use it.
You have a heart.
Let it out.
Let your heart dance;
Let your heart sing;
Let your heart love.
You have to shine with all your might;
You have to shine with all your light;
You have to shine with your love.
Some folk talk, and some folk chatter.
(We sing from the heart!)
We sing because it really matters.
(We sing from the heart!)
It’s as plain as A, B, C,
Singing is so good for me.
Bring a smile to every face,
And make the world a better place.
Be very clear, be understood,
That we are here to do some good.
-Nick Page
Joyful Noise
Allison Fromm, Music Director
Cathy Sonnenberg, Associate Director
Rob Kennan, Delaware Director
Victoria McGrath, Special Project Manager
Ray Angleman
Rachel Baranoff
Sandy Barbagiovanni
James Cartmell
Mark Columbini
Michelle Conover
Maggie Corrigan
Kenny Cossaboon
Brigid Curran
Flora Demp
Robert Edelsohn
Todd Emmons
Lisa Fay
Ingrid Foster
Debbie Fox
Elizabeth Fromm
James Gilligan
Josh Gottlieb
Raymond Granrath
Anne Harris
Jessica Herman
David Hutt
Rachel Isaacs
Kevin Jackson
Richard Kalinski
Jodi Kurtzman
Billy Levin
Wesley Lund
Fred Mammele
Abby McGrath
John Meacham
Elizabeth Nolan
Sathya Prabhakar
Elizabeth Reed
Brett Rosen
Alex Siegel
Carol Siegel
Ross Spell
Lillian Svizeny
Andrew Swanson
Kevin Timm
Iris Tucker
Leslie Weeks
Joyful Noise is a chorus of forty-five adults, ages 17-70, with physical and neurological challenges.
Founded in 2000 by Director Allison Fromm and her sister, chorus member Beth Fromm, the
ensemble is hosted by Bancroft in southern New Jersey and Delaware. Joyful Noise fosters an
atmosphere of community, acceptance, and teamwork in which members can discover their voices
and express themselves through music. As one singer explains, “It makes me feel famous and
proud!” The chorus serves as a model and a resource for similar ensembles that seek to develop in
their members a sense of pride, confidence, and the potential to contribute to our world.
The Joyful Noise Choral Series, published by Earthsongs, has been established as part of the group’s
vision to create new musical repertoire well-suited to the spirit and the vocal and musical aptitudes
of Joyful Noise and singers like them. To launch this series, a generous grant from the Philadelphia
Eagles made possible the commissioning of new works.
This concert marks the second collaboration this spring between Joyful Noise and The HarvardRadcliffe Collegium Musicum, led by Andrew Clark. Allison and Andy are long-time colleagues
who share a commitment to bringing high-caliber musical opportunities to singers with
disabilities. Joyful Noise’s recent engagements include appearances at several regional and
national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and Chorus America;
as the core of ACDA’s first Festival Choir for singers with disabilities in Providence RI; and in New
Haven, for Yale University’s inaugural International Choral Festival’s “Choirs Transforming Our
World” Symposium.
This concert also highlights the ongoing relationship between Joyful Noise and composer Alice
Parker, the first member of the chorus’ International Advisory Board from its inception in 2000.
Alice has composed several choral pieces for Joyful Noise including “All the Stars in the Sky,” which
was written exactly five years ago and is featured in tonight’s program. The chorus is privileged to
be singing in concert with Alice Parker for the 6th time tonight.
Making the trip from our choral home in New Jersey and Delaware to sing at Harvard University
is a great honor for Joyful Noise, and our hearts are full of pride at the accomplishment. We wish
to thank Andrew Clark, Joseph Fort, Michael Pfitzer, the wonderful HRCM students, our devoted
Joyful Noise families, caregivers and Bancroft supporters, and everyone involved in making this
incredible event possible!
Allison Fromm, Director
Allison Fromm has directed choral ensembles at Yale University, Dutchess Community College,
Boston University, and the University of Illinois. As founding Director of Joyful Noise, she was
named Philadelphia Eagles 2002 Community Quarterback runner-up. She has conducted and
presented interest sessions at several ACDA and Chorus America national and regional conferences
as well as at the Yale International Choral Festival. In Champaign, Illinois, she established the
Exodus and Whirlwind Interfaith Arts Organizations, the Whirlwind Interfaith Choir and Sinai
Temple’s Shabbat Singers. A graduate of Yale and Boston Universities and a doctoral candidate
at the University of Illinois, she is currently writing her dissertation: Aaron Copland’s “In the
Beginning”: Context and Creative Process.
Cathy Sonnenberg, Associate Director
Cathy Sonnenberg, Associate Director of Joyful Noise since 2003, attended New England
Conservatory on a full scholarship. She studied piano with Veronica Jochum and Theodore
Lettvin, and chamber music with Benjamin Zander. She sang in the conservatory chorus directed
by renowned choral conductor Lorna Cooke DeVaron and under the baton of Seiji Ozawa of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra. She served the Marian Anderson Historical Society as pianist for the
unveiling of the Marian Anderson Stamp at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Active as a solo
pianist, accompanist and chamber musician, she is Director of Music at Rowan Catholic Campus
Ministry, is the pianist/organist/assistant conductor at St. Bridget’s Church in Glassboro, NJ. She
also serves as a mentor for pianists and instrumentalists at The Arts 4 Teens Festival at Rutgers
University, Camden.
Joyful Noise would like to thank the following sponsors who made this visit possible:
Ace Screen Printing
Adler’s Pharmacy
Bancroft
BNY Mellon
Columbia Bank
Dixon Graphics
Earthsongs
First United Methodist Church, Moorestown, NJ
Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum
Homes for Life Foundation
Isaacs accounting
John K. and Elizabeth W. Knorr Foundation
The Laurel Tree Academy
Melodious Accord
Harvard University Provost
Studio 2D
Venice Pizza
Wild Rock, WV
Alice Parker
Alice Parker, internationally renowned composer, conductor and teacher, began composing at age
eight, and wrote her first orchestral score while still in high school. She studied composition and
conducting at Smith College and the Juilliard School where she began her long association with
Robert Shaw. As Shaw began to organize the Robert Shaw Chorale, he enlisted the young Parker
to do research and create choral arrangements for the new touring and recording ensemble. It was
at this time that Alice Parker married baritone Thomas Pyle, and for the next twenty years their
musical lives revolved around the Shaw Chorale. The many Parker/Shaw settings of American
folksongs, hymns and spirituals from that period form an enduring repertoire for choruses all
around the world.
Ms. Parker continued to work on her own compositions and arrangements and has composed in
all the choral forms from opera to cantata, from sacred anthems to songs on texts by distinguished
poets. She has been commissioned by such well-known groups as Chanticleer, the Vancouver
Chamber Singers, and the Atlanta Symphony, as well as hundreds of community, school and
church choruses. Her works appear in the catalogs of a dozen publishing companies. In 1985,
singers and choral directors who had been fired by her talent and love for the varied and subtle
sounds of voices singing together, convinced her to start her own group. Melodious Accord, Inc.
is focused on what is for her the heart of vocal music: the melody. The Musicians of Melodious
Accord, a sixteen-voice professional chorus, have recorded: O Sing the Glories, (2004, seventeen
anthems composed or arranged by Alice Parker); Sweet Manna, (1999, early American hymns);
King and the Duke (1998, a tribute to Martin Luther King and Duke Ellington); Take Me To The Water,
(1994, thirteen spirituals); Transformations (1991, rereleased 2011, American hymns and folk songs),
and Spiritual Songs. The Alice Parker Recording Project, begun in 2000, has outlined an ambitious
program of making more of her works available on CDs. To date: My Love and I (2003, love songs
for male voices); Listen, Lord, (2004, a cantata based on text by James Weldon Johnson and a new
series of spirituals); O Sing the Glories, (2004, a collection of anthems); The Family Reunion, (2007,
excerpts from a one act folk opera); Angels and Challengers, (2008, settings of works by 4 American
women poets); Singers Glen, (2009, an opera based on the life and works of Joseph Funk), Saints
Bound for Heaven (2010, a 25th Anniversary collection of ‘Alice Parker Favorites’) and And Glory
Shone (2012, Christmas hymns and carols) have been released.
Parker continues to win ‘converts’ to the cause of choral music. Through the Melodious Accord
Fellowship Program, mid-career professional musicians are brought together for inspiration and
refreshment in their teaching, composing and conducting under her mentorship. Her techniques
have encouraged a generation of music teachers and choral conductors to think about music and
the act of conducting in new ways. No less an authority than Robert Shaw himself has said of
Parker that “…she possesses a rare and creative musical intelligence.”
Now a resident of western Massachusetts, Parker has published books on melodic styles, choral
improvisation and ‘Good Singing in Church’. The Anatomy of Melody was published in 2006. In
2010, as part of the Melodious Accord 25th Anniversary celebration, The Alice Parker’s Melodious
Accord Hymnal, containing 150 hymns set, composed, and arranged by her was introduced. The
second edition of Melodious Accord: good singing in church, her classic book on song leading and
congregational singing, was released in 2013. Five videos have appeared, showing her work with
hymns and folksongs. Alice Parker has served on the Board of Chorus America, who named her
Director Laureate. The American Choral Directors Association has honored her on numerous
occasions, including the 2013 Robert Shaw Award, given at the ACDA National Convention.
Named Distinguished Composer of the Year 2000 by the American Guild of Organists, she has
also received honors from the Hymn Society. She is the recipient of six honorary doctorates and
the Smith College Medal as well as grants from ASCAP, the National Endowment for the Arts, The
Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and the American Music Center.
Brattle Street Chamber Players
Organ
Christian Haigh
Violin
Cello
Stella Chen
Emma Frucht
Sumire Hirotsuru
Ryan Murphy
Carl Rogers
Anes Sung
Lily Tsai
Andrée Werner
Mariel Werner
Alexander “Sasha”
Scolnik-Brower
Bass
Maxwell Phillips
Oboe
Annie Bishai
The Brattle Street Chamber Players, Harvard’s premier conductor-less ensemble, is a 14 person
string orchestra devoted to performing a diverse repertoire at the highest level. Described by
the Harvard Crimson as “an electrifying mixture of zaniness, bombast, and the finest individual
musicianship that Harvard has to offer,” Brattle offers concerts at Harvard each semester as well
a an annual collaboration with the Columbia Classical Performers, alternately in New York and
Cambridge. In keeping with their commitment to a broad range of repertoire Brattle commissions
and performs a new work by a Harvard undergraduate every semester, in addition to its program
of works and arrangements for string orchestra from the classical tradition. In addition to tonight’s
concert, Brattle has performed this semester on tour in New York City and in Paine Hall.
Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum
Andrew Clark, Conductor
Joseph Fort, Resident Conductor
Maura Church `14, President
Paige Newquist `14, Co-Vice President
Matt Megan `14, Co-Vice President
Taylor Weary `16, Manager
Kyle Whelihan`17, Assistant Manager
Laura Gullett `16, Secretary
Melissa Theiss `15, Financial Manager
Ellie Bridge `17, Publicity Manager
Karen Christianson `17, Assistant Publicity Manager
Emma Borjigin-Wang `17, Librarian
Parker Grayson `15, Sales Manager
Lijia Xie `17, Assistant Sales Manager
Lauren Boranian `16, Program Manager
Connor Harris `16, Special Projects and Technology Manager
Lauren Goff `16, Special Projects Manager
Victoria Cochran `17, Historian
Peter Nelson `14, ACDA Tour Manager
Kate Massinger `16, Tour 2015 Manager
Maura Church `14, Underground A Cappella Subset Conductor
Pamela Chen `16, Underground A Cappella Subset Manager
Soprano
Lauren Boranian `16, Linguistics
Amy Bridge `14, History and Literature
Ellie Bridge `17, Undecided
Miranda Chang `15, Human Dev. and Regen. Biology
Pamela Chen `16, Human Evolutionary Biology
Maura Church `14, Applied Mathematics
Lindsey Graham `14, Education (GSE)
Alexandra Grimm `17, Undecided
Lauren Goff `16, Linguistics and Music
Kate Massinger `16, English
Paige Newquist `14, Government
Quyen Nguyen `14, International Education Policy (GSE)
Melissa Theiss `15, Psychology
Natania Wolansky `14, Astrophysics and Physics
Angela Yang `17, Undecided
Ariana Akbari `17, Undecided
Karen Christianson `17, Undecided
Victoria Cochran `17, Undecided
Laura Gullett `16, Chemistry
Emma Borjigin-Wang `17, Undecided
Kristy Hong `17, Undecided
Tamsin Jones `16, Organismic and Evol. Biology (GSAS)
Mai Le `15, Organismic and Evol. Biology
Emily Lu `14, Applied Mathematics
Maria Romero `15, History and Literature
Madeline Studt `16, Near Eastern Lang. and Civ.
Aliza Theis `16, History and Literature
Taylor Weary `16, Human Evolutionary Biology
Alto
Tenor
Neal Champagne `17, Undecided
Parker Grayson `15, History
Junjie Hao `17, Chemistry and Chemical Bio. (GSAS)
Andrew Hausmann `15, Applied Mathematics
Nicholas Keone Lee `15, Organismic and Evol. Biology
Michael Leonard `17, Undecided
Alex Lombardi `16, Mathematics
Wesley Loo `17, Organismic and Evol. Biology (GSAS)
Ben Ory `14, Music
Akshay Sharma `14, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Kyle Whelihan `17, Undecided
Amir Bitran `16, Physics
Benjamin Franta `15, Applied Physics (SEAS)
Ryan Gao `14, Physics
Robbie Gibson `16, Computer Science
Connor Harris `16, Mathematics and Physics
Michael Hoffer-Hawlik `15, Biomedical Engineering
Matt Megan `14, English
Peter Nelson `14, Social Studies and Philosophy
Gus Ruchman `15, African and African Am. Studies
Jason Smith `18, Comparative Religion (HDS)
Chris Stauss `15, Law (HLS)
Lijia Xie `17, Undecided
Evan Yao `17, Undecided
Bass
Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum
The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Harvard’s undergraduate mixed-voice choir, performs
works from the fifteenth century to the present. Though the nearly sixty members of the ensemble
span the full range of academic concentrations at Harvard, the students are united by the joy of
singing in community. Together, they work to sustain and advance the choral art through dynamic
performances, adventurous collaborations, and community engagement.
The Collegium is an independent 501(c)(3) organization, managed and overseen entirely by
undergraduate students. Members gain valuable experience in arts administration, concert
production, marketing, tour planning, and other facets of non-profit leadership. Working with the
Collegium inspires many graduates to embark on related careers, public service, and lifelong arts
and music education advocacy.
F. John Adams founded the Collegium in 1971 during the coeducational merger of Harvard and
Radcliffe Colleges. The group rose to prominence during Jameson Marvin’s thirty-two-year
tenure as Director of Choral Activities, receiving critical acclaim through recordings, international
tours, and numerous invited appearances at professional conferences. Andrew Clark became the
Collegium’s third conductor in 2010 and has led the ensemble in performances of Bach’s Saint
Matthew Passion, Handel’s Israel in Egypt, the Mozart Requiem, Haydn’s The Creation, the All-Night
Vigil (Vespers) of Rachmaninoff, Arvo Pärt’s Saint John Passion, and in appearances at Boston’s
Jordan Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Salzburg Cathedral, and St. Stephen’s
Cathedral in Vienna. Critics have hailed the choir’s recent performances as “heartfelt,” “thrilling
and deeply moving,” delivering an “ideal balance of transparency and warmth” (Boston Globe;
Boston Musical Intelligencer; Boston Classical Review).
In February, the Collegium performed at the American Choral Directors Association Eastern
Division Conference in Baltimore. On April 26, the group will join the Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe
Choral Society, and Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem in Sanders
Theatre. In June 2015, the Collegium will sing throughout Brazil on its tenth annual tour.
To learn more about the organization and our upcoming events, visit www.hrcm.net and find us
on Facebook.
Andrew Clark, Director of Choral Activities
Andrew Clark is the Director of Choral Activities at Harvard University, conducting the men’s
Harvard Glee Club, the women’s Radcliffe Choral Society, and the mixed Harvard–Radcliffe
Collegium Musicum. He serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music, teaching courses
in conducting, music theory, and choral literature.
Choirs under his direction have performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy
Center and in 2012 earned the Grand Prize and two gold prizes at the International Competition
for Chamber Choirs in Petrinja, Croatia. Dr. Clark has organized Harvard residencies with
distinguished conductors, composers, and ensembles, and developed the Archibald T. Davison
Fellowship Program, a community partnership with the Ashmont Boys Choir in inner city Boston.
His choirs have been hailed as “first rate” (Boston Globe), “cohesive and exciting” (Opera News),
and “beautifully blended” (Providence Journal), achieving performances of “passion, conviction,
adrenaline, [and] coherence” (Worcester Telegram). He has collaborated with the National Symphony,
the Pittsburgh and New Haven Symphonies, the Boston Pops, the Rhode Island Philharmonic,
the Boston Philharmonic, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Trinity Wall Street Choir, the
Washington Chorus, Sweet Honey in the Rock, the Lorelei Ensemble, Harry Christophers, Stephen
Sondheim, and Dave Brubeck, among others.
Clark currently serves as a founding faculty member of the Notes from the Heart music program near
Pittsburgh, a summer camp for children and young adults with disabilities and chronic illness. He
earned degrees from Wake Forest, Carnegie Mellon, and Boston Universities, studying with Robert
Page, Ann Howard Jones, David Hoose, and Dennis Shrock. He lives in Medford, MA, with his
wife Amy Peters Clark, and their daughter, Amelia Grace.
Joseph Fort, Resident Conductor
Joseph Fort’s musical endeavors bridge the worlds of both performance and scholarship; he
combines his role with the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum with life as a graduate student,
pursuing a PhD in Music Theory at Harvard. His dissertation focuses on dance-music relationships
in Haydn’s minuets. Fort’s spring-summer 2014 schedule is characteristically varied. He conducts
Handel’s Chandos Anthem IX with the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Buxtehude’s Membra
Jesu nostri with the Choir of Grace Episcopal Church, Newton, and Mozart’s Solemn Vespers with the
Woods Hole Cantata Consort. He directs a choral concert of the music of the country’s early settlers
to launch the town of Dartmouth’s 350th-anniversary festival, with the Sine Nomine Ensemble. He
conducts the premiere performances of two works by Joel Rust. He gives a solo organ recital at the
Church of the Advent in Boston. He presents conference papers at Indiana University, New York
University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Yale University.
As a teaching fellow in Harvard’s Music Department, Fort has been awarded the Bok Center’s
Certificate of Distinction on multiple occasions. He is a resident tutor in Eliot House. Previously,
he studied at Cambridge University, where he was the organ scholar of Emmanuel College, and at
the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Special thanks to the following individuals whose assistance made this weekend possible:
Michael Pftizer, Choral Associate
Alex Rehding, Nancy Shafman, Lesley Bannatyne, and Karen Rynne, Department of Music
Jennifer Zuk, Evan Chapman, Rob Fox, Tom & Chris Hubbard, Sandra Fromm
Provostial Funds Committee, Office of the Deans of Arts and Humanities
Donors
The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum Foundation would like to thank our generous 2012-2013
donors. To learn more about supporting Collegium through HRCMF, please visit www.hrcmf.org.
Maestro ($1000+)
Thomas & Margaret Bridge
David & Rebecca Conant
Peggy Ho
Bernard E. Kreger
Jonathan Sheffer
John & Dorothy Whitlock
Conductor’s Circle ($500–$999)
Jan Deming
Eric Kawamoto
Emily Kuo
Sarah Penniston-Dorland
Kemp Peterson
Patron ($250–$499)
Lauren Blum
Carl Michael & Amanda Gates Carlson
Isabel Draves
Benjamin Fenton
Nathaniel Foote
John Gregg
Karin Hagaman
Mark Hindal
Lawrence Indik
Thomas Jevon
Cathy Josman
Eleanor Leger
David Lyczkowski & Elisabeth Winterkorn
Laura Maltby
Emily Fong Mitchell
Carol Augenblick Rolfe
Caroline Koo Simons
Joshua & Gena Stern
Jacob Taylor & Jean Park
Friend ($1–$249)
Anonymous (2)
Reza Akhtar
Veronica Alfano
Michael Barrett
Jeremy Bates
Elizabeth Berman
Matthew Bester
Melissa Borja
Allison Brandt
Charlie Bridge
David Broudy
Nikki Brown
Helena Campbell
Jason Chiang
Liza Ching
Matt & Abigail Chingos
Brooke Lieberman Collins
James Courtemanche & Kamala Soparkar
Sarah Cove
Justin Crane
Peter Dunn
Geoffrey Emberling
William Emmons
Michael Esposito
Michael Fang
Amy Shimbo Finnigan
Samantha Franklin
Mischa Frusztajer
Niyum Gandhi
Elaine Besancon Goodman
Russell Graham
Catherine Grant
Ben Green & Celia Maccoby Green
Greta Gribble
Jeff Grossman
Daniel & Maureen (Devlin) Hamalainen
Mark & Susan Hill
Robert Hughes
Karen Thompson Isble
Philip James & Susan Harris
Gabrielle Johnson
Helen Kao
Amir Karger
Michael Kerekes
Ezra Keshet & Kay Leopold
Randall Kikukawa
Francis Kim
Michael Kim
J. B. Kittredge
Avi Kogan
Genevieve Laforet
Martha Smith Lawless
Paul Leiby
Virginia Lenahan
Helen Loring
Liqian Ma & Samantha Morrison-Ma
Kirsten Trainer Mallik
Keith Mankin
Timothy Martin
Susan Mathews
Victoria Costa McAndrews
Laurie McNeil
Jason Meil
Daniel R. Melamed
Rachel Berkovits Miller
Emily Wood Mitchell
Elizabeth Boschee Nagahara
Michael Nelson
Max Nicholas
Robert Pennoyer
Philip Perez
Douglas Phillips
Jody Sabia Pongratz Sharman Propp
Chitra Ramalingam Arthur Rishi
Heyden Rostow
Zach Rothstein & Alli Smith
Eric Ruby
Michael & Allie Schachter
Ellen Schorr
Judd Serotta
Helen Shin
Peter Skrief
Lucie Binger Spieler
Laura Stone
William & Joanna Storey
Hanna Stotland
Joel Suldan
Evelyn Tate
Martha Tecca
Betsy Tomic
Loriel Townsend
Daniel Ullman
Neil Vasan
Helena Von Rueben
G. C. Waldrep
Jenny Wanger
Meg Weathers
Christina Wei
Ashley Isaacson Woolley
Rachel Wroe
Tina Yuting Wu
Emily Zazulia
Lauren Sandler Zurier
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side of Sanders Theatre near the accessible entrance. We encourage
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GREATER BOSTON CHORAL CONSORTIUM
www.bostonsings.org
Visit our website for a complete Concert Calendar, Chorus directory, and links for
all our member groups.
A Cappella Singers, www.theacappellasingers.org
Andover Choral Society, www.andoverchoral.org
The Apollo Club of Boston, www.apolloclub.org
Arlington-Belmont Chorale, www.psarlington.org
Back Bay Chorale, www.bbcboston.org
Belmont Open Sings, www.powersmusic.org
Boston Boy Choir, www.bostonboychoir.org
The Boston Cecilia, www.bostoncecilia.org
Boston Choral Ensemble, www.BostonChoral.org
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, www.bgmc.org
Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus, www.saengerfest.org
Braintree Choral Society, www.braintreesings.org
Broadmoor Chamber Singers, www.broadmoorsingers.org
Brookline Chorus – see Metropolitan Chorale Calliope,
www.calliopemusic.org
Cambridge Chamber Singers,
www.cambridgechambersingers.org
Cambridge Community Chorus,
www.cambridgechorus.org
Cantata Singers, www.cantatasingers.org
Cantemus Chamber Chorus, www.cantemus.org
Cantilena, www.cantilena.org
Cappella Clausura, www.clausura.org
Capriccio Chorus at Rivers,
www.riversschoolconservatory.org
Choral Art Society, www.choralartsociety.org
Chorus pro Musica, www.choruspromusica.org
Concord Chorus, www.concordchorus.org
Concord Women’s Chorus, www.concordwomenschorus.org
Convivium Musicum, www.convivium.org
Coolidge Corner Community Chorus, www.cccchorus.org
Coro Allegro, www.coroallegro.org
Coro Stella Maris, www.corostellamaris.org
Dedham Choral Society, www.dedhamchoral.org
Exsultemus, www.exsultemus.org
Fine Arts Chorale, www.fineartschorale.org
Golden Tones, www.goldentones.org
Greater Boston Intergenerational Chorus,
www.bostonchorus.net
Halalisa Singers, www.halalisa.org
Handel & Haydn Society, www.handelandhaydn.org
Harvard Pro Musica, www.harvardpromusica.org
Harvard-Radcliffe Choral Groups,
www.fas.harvard.edu/~holchoir/
Heritage Chorale, www.heritagechorale.org
Highland Glee Club, www.highlandgleeclub.com
Lexington Pops Chorus, www.LexingtonPopsChorus.org
The Master Singers of Lexington,
www.themastersingers.org
Metropolitan Chorale, www.metropolitanchorale.org
Musica Sacra, www.musicasacra.org
Nashoba Valley Chorale, www.nashobachorale.org
Neponset Choral Society, www.ncschorus.org
New England Classical Singers,
www.newenglandclassical.org
Newton Choral Society, www.newtonchoral.org
Newton Community Chorus,
www.newtoncommunictychorus.org
The Newton Singers,
www.geocities.com/newton_singers
The Oriana Consort, www.theorianaconsort.org
The Orpheus Singers, www.orpheussingers.org
PALS Children’s Chorus, www.palschildrenschorus.org
Paul Madore Chorale, www.paulmadorechorale.org
Polymnia Choral Society, www.polymnia.org
Quincy Choral Society, www.quincychoral.org
Reading Community Singers,
www.readingcommunitysingers.org
Revels, www.revels.org
Schola Amicorum, www.uvboston.org (Schola)
Seraphim Singers, www.seraphimsingers.org
Sharing A New Song, www.sharinganewsong.org
Somerville Community Chorus,
www.somervillechorus.com
The Spectrum Singers, www.spectrumsingers.org
Stambandet–The Scandinavian Vocal Ensemble,
www.stambandet.org
Stow Festival Chorus & Orchestra,
www.soundsofstow.com
Treble Chorus of New England,
www.treblechorus.com
Voices Rising, www.voicesrising.org
Wakefield Choral Society,
www.wakefieldchoralsociety.org
Wellesley Choral Society,
www.WellesleyChoralSociety.org
WomenSong, www.WomenSong.org
Youth pro Musica, www.youthpromusica.org
Zamir Chorale of Boston, www.zamir.org
In Choro Novo, www.inchoronovo.com
King’s Chapel Concert Series, www.kings-chapel.org
Koleinu, www.koleinu.org

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